The 56th Nashville Film Festival kicked off Thursday with a documentary on the life of Paul McCartney.
The documentary, called “Man on the Run,” from acclaimed filmmaker Morgan Neville, follows McCartney’s life after the Beatles broke up and into the formation of the band Wings with his wife Linda.
It is a part of McCartney’s life where Nashville played a pivotal role. In 1974, the McCartney’s moved to a 133-acre farm just outside of Lebanon for six weeks. McCartney said he came to Nashville for his three Rs — rehearsing, relating and riding. During his stay he visited Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins and after a night spent in Printer’s Alley he wrote the song, “Sally G.”
The Film Fest screening kicks off a fall in Nashville in which Paul McCartney will be omnipresent. On November 6 an exhibition of photographs that he took in a three-month period between 1963 and 1964 will open at the Frist Art Museum.
That night, he will play at The Pinnacle downtown, which will be the most intimate show of his tour by far. The Pinnacle has a capacity of 4,500. Earlier on the tour he is playing the Alamodome in San Antonio which can hold 60,000 more people.
And his new book will be on shelves in town. In November, McCartney is releasing “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run.”
Earlier this year Paul McCartney, Universal Music Group and Amazon entered into a partnership. The comprehensive partnership will focus on McCartney’s post-Beatles life and include the release of exclusive music and merchandise drops for fans on Amazon Music, the tour, documentary and book. After the Nashville Film Festival, “Man on the Run” will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video on Feb. 25.
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